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Photo 834/1

Record Id:
040-003121485
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003121484
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100026100107.0x0000f7
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 834/1
Title:

Sir Frederick Sykes Collection: 'The Port of Bombay'.

Scope & Content:

Blue full-leather album, 190 x 255 mm, containing mounted prints with letterpress captions. The title is stamped in gold on the front cover, a coloured map of Bombay is pasted on the front fixed endpaper and the pages are interleaved with tissue. The photographs include views of two official visits to the port made by Sir Frederick Sykes (Governor of Bombay 1928-33), in 1933, and various general views of the docks and harbour.

Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003121484
040-003121485
Is part of:
Photo 834 : Sir Frederick Sykes Collection: Photographs relating to his period as Governor of Bombay (1928-33).

 

Photo 834/1 : Sir Frederick Sykes Collection: 'The Port of Bombay'.
Contains:
Photo 834/1(1) : HE Sir Frederick Sykes arriving at No 18 berth, Alexandra Dock, on his inspection of the docks and estate, [Bombay].…
Photo 834/1(2) : HE Sir Frederick Sykes leaving No 6 berth, Alexandra Dock. Dock and estate inspection, [Bombay]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 834/1(3) : HE Sir Frederick Sykes and Lady Sykes on their inspection of the harbour, being introduced to the trustees and senior officers of…
Photo 834/1(4) : HE Sir Frederick Sykes and Lady Sykes with Mr W.R.S. Sharpe, at Ballard Pier, [Bombay]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 834/1(5) : "Princes II" leaving Ballard Pier. Harbour inspection, [Bombay]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 834/1(6) : Administrative offices, [Bombay Port]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 834/1(7) : Looking along Ballard Road towards Ballard Pier, [Bombay]. Customs building in the foreground. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 834/1(8) : Ballard Pier with mail-boat alongside, [Bombay]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 834/1(9) : Ballard Pier and Ballard Estate with Alexandra, Victoria and Prince's Docks in background, [Bombay]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 834/1(10) : Alexandra Dock looking south to Coloba Point, [Bombay]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 834/1(11) : Victoria and Prince's Docks with Carnac Bunder in foreground, [Bombay]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 834/1(12) : Views looking north towards Wadala, [Bombay], showing the various bunders which accommodate the country-boat traffic. The…
Photo 834/1(13) : Grain and cotton depots, [Bombay]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 834/1(14) : Oil installations at Sewree and Wadala, [Bombay]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 834/1(15) : Country craft discharging cargo at Malet Bunder, [Bombay]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 834/1(16) : P. & O. S.S. "Rajputana" in Hughes Dry Dock. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 834/1(17) : Oil-tanker discharging at Pir Pau oil pier, [Bombay]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 834/1(18) : Port Trust labourers' quarters at Antop, [Bombay]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 834/1(19) : Prongs Lighthouse (Height 146'-0") at the entrance to the harbour, [Bombay]. Photographer: Unknown
Photo 834/1(20) : Indian Sailors' Home, [Bombay]. Photographer: Unknown

 

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Hierarchy:
032-003121484[0001]/040-003121485
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 834
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
20 items
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Not applicable
Scripts:
Not applicable
Start Date:
1932
End Date:
1934
Date Range:
c 1933
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Dimensions: 112 mm x 87 mm to 120 mm x 175 mm

Source of Acquisition:

Deposited on permanent loan by Mr B. H. C. Sykes, 1990.

Material Type:
Photographs
Legal Status:
Not Known